A study presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting adds further evidence to the recommendation women with newly diagnosed invasive lobular carcinoma should have their contralateral breast screened with MRI. Most women aren't routinely screened in the contralateral breast because whether to...

A study presented Wednesday at the RSNA meeting adds further evidence to the recommendation women with newly diagnosed invasive lobular carcinoma should have their contralateral breast screened with MRI. Most women aren't routinely screened in the contralateral breast because whether to...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to a company that makes a popular teeth straightener about its failure to report information about patient side effects.Align Technology Inc., which makes the Invisalign system, disclosed this week that it received a Nov. 18 warning letter...

Wellness-program provider Healthways Inc. said Thursday that Chief Financial Officer Mary Chaput will retire at the end of 2010.Chaput will work with the company throughout 2011 to assist with transition, Healthways said. Chaput has been the company's CFO since October 2001. The new CFO of...

Boeing Co. said on Thursday that Aetna Inc. Chairman and former CEO Ronald A. Williams has become a Boeing director.Williams, 61, stepped down as Aetna CEO last month. He joined Aetna as executive vice president and chief of health operations in 2001, and was named CEO in February 2006. Boeing...

(European Molecular Biology Laboratory) Euro-BioImaging, a project which launches its preparatory phase today, aims to provide scientists throughout Europe with open access to state-of-the-art imaging technologies at all levels of biological and biomedical research, from bench to bedside.

(SAGE Publications UK) SAGE has extended its suite of Therapeutic Advances journals with the launch of a further two titles: Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, and Therapeutic Advances in Hematology.

Health insurer WellPoint Inc. said Thursday it will back its annual profit forecast during meetings with analysts and investors over the next few days.The company said in November that it expected a profit of at least $6.60 per share in 2010. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange...

(University of Zurich) Children whose mothers are exposed to farm animals and cats are better protected against atopic dermatitis and are less likely to develop this painful inflammation of the skin in their first two years of life. A group of researchers from the University of...

(Indiana University School of Medicine) Indiana will join a multi-state program focused on cervical cancer prevention thanks to an unrestricted gift from GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals to the Indiana University School of Medicine, in partnership with the Kristen Forbes EVE...

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the GreenGov Supply Chain Partnership and Small Business Pilot, a voluntary collaboration between the federal government and its suppliers to create a greener, more efficient supply chain. The program

RYE, N.Y., Dec. 2, 2010 /- Curemark, LLC , ( www.curemark.com ), a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological diseases, announced that four additional sites across the country are now participating in Phase III clinical trials for the company's autism...